Bewachungs-KV 2026 and 2027 forecast

How much salaries under the Bewachungs-KV (also: security services agreement) are expected to rise in 2027, what is left of it after tax and whether the rounds since 2018 kept up with inflation. With the 2026 salary table and minimum salaries, every raise against inflation over the reference period, a 2027 forecast and the net effect on your salary, for private security staff in Austria.

Your net pay 2026 and 2027

+€89.21 vs. 2026

€2,960.41

per month from 1 January 2027 · forecast

€2,871.20

per month since 1 January 2026

Net 68.12% SI 18.14% Income tax 13.74%

Net raise

3.11%

net 2027 ÷ net 2026

Deductions on the raise

50.99%

SI + wage tax ÷ gross raise

2026 and 2027 compared

Value	2026	2027 · forecast
Minimum salaries	+3.09%	≈ +3.40%
Actual salaries	–	–
Inflation	3.01%	3.26%
Your gross	€4,311.00	€4,458.00
per year	€60,354.00	€62,412.00
Your net	€2,871.20	€2,960.41
per year	€41,212.81	€42,512.52
Purchasing power	−0.78%	+0.49%

Value	2026	2027 · forecast
Min. salaries	+3.09%	≈ +3.40%
Actual salaries	–	–
Inflation	3.01%	3.26%
Your gross	€4,311.00	€4,458.00
per year	€60,354.00	€62,412.00
Your net	€2,871.20	€2,960.41
per year	€41,212.81	€42,512.52
Purchasing power	−0.78%	+0.49%

Raise compared with inflation

Minimum salaries (avg. of all steps)

Inflation, reference period

Main employment

€

2027 negotiations

2027 deal, forecast≈ +3.40%
range 3.30% to 3.50%, from inflation and the last 3 rounds · would apply from 1 January 2027
Round 2
12 November 2026 · scheduled
Round 1
28 October 2026 · constructive talks, no agreement yet; no published employer offer
Union demand
Minimum salaries–
Actual salaries–
a fair raise covering inflation (no percentage named); full 13th and 14th pay without a waiting period, a higher night allowance
Employers’ offer
Minimum salaries–
Actual salaries–
Inflation over the reference periodØ 3.26%
October 2025 – September 2026
2026 agreement
agreed on 24 November 2025 · applies from 1 January 2026
Minimum salariesØ +3.08%
Actual salaries–

Talks cover around 15,700 employees; the basis is the rolling inflation October 2025 to September 2026 of about 3.3%.

Your grade in the agreement

F Airport security	per month
Minimum 2026	€2,868.19
per year	€40,154.66
Minimum 2027, forecast	≈ €2,965.71
Your gross	€4,311.00
Above the minimum	+€1,442.81 (+50.30%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast	≈ +€1,492.29 (+50.32%)

F Airport security	per month
Minimum 2026	€2,868.19
per year	€40,154.66
Minimum 2027, forecast	≈ €2,965.71
Your gross	€4,311.00
Above the minimum	+€1,442.81 (+50.30%)
Above the minimum 2027, forecast	≈ +€1,492.29 (+50.32%)

What the Bewachungs-KV covers

The Bewachungs-KV (Kollektivvertrag für Wachorgane im Bewachungsgewerbe) covers private security staff. It is negotiated between WKÖ: Fachverband der gewerblichen Dienstleister, Berufsgruppe Bewachungsgewerbe and Gewerkschaft vida. It sets a minimum salary for 7 groups, currently from €2,188 to €2,868 gross a month. It is paid 14 times a year: the holiday pay and Christmas pay are set by the agreement and taxed at a preferential rate.

It is renegotiated every year, usually from October; the raise applies from 1 January. The starting point is inflation over the reference period, last time October 2024 – September 2025 at 3.01%. The union makes a demand, the employers an offer, and the deal lands in between. It usually has two figures: the minimum raise for the salary table and the actual raise for the salary you really get, also with an over-payment.

What is left of a raise after tax depends on your salary: each extra euro carries social insurance and wage tax at your marginal rate, so net pay usually grows a little less, in percent, than gross. Whether a deal is enough shows in purchasing power: since 2018 minimum salaries under the Bewachungs-KV rose by 46.65%, prices over the reference periods by 37.23%.

Minimum salaries

Inflation, reference period

Bewachungs-KV: pay and prices since 2017. How much salaries have risen in total since 2017 (each minimum raise on top of the last, +46.65% so far), against inflation over the reference periods (+37.23%). Where the solid line is on top, salaries gained purchasing power.

Minimum salaries, blue-collar, from 1 January 2026

Group

per hour

per month (× 173.20 h)

A Guarding

€12.63

€2,187.52

B Service and security

€13.87

€2,402.28

B6 Museum attendants

€12.63

€2,187.52

C Special duty

€15.46

€2,677.67

D Mobile patrol

€13.95

€2,416.14

E Event security

€12.67

€2,194.44

F Airport security

€16.56

€2,868.19

Wage table: one base hourly wage per grade, gross, nationwide, with no seniority steps; museum attendants (duty type B6) have their own rate. The agreement converts it to a month at 40 hours × 4.33 weeks = 173.2 hours. Grades A, B, C and F work an extended normal working time with averaging. Allowances (night, patrol, dog) are not included.

Agreements since 2018

Year

From

Minimum salaries

Actual salaries

Inflation in period

2027

1 January 2027

2027 round under negotiation

3.26%

2026

1 January 2026

Ø +3.08%

–

3.01%

2025

1 January 2025

+4.10%

–

3.82%

2024

1 January 2024

+9.20%

–

9.17%

2023

1 January 2023

Ø +10.30%

–

6.90%

2022

1 January 2022

avg. +2.71% (from the salary tables)

–

2.51%

2021

1 January 2021

Ø +1.55%

–

1.46%

2020

1 January 2020

Ø +2.50%

–

1.71%

2019

1 January 2019

Ø +3.23%

–

2.02%

2018

1 January 2018

Ø +2.75%

–

1.88%

Related agreements

Branch

2026

Inflation

2027

History

Reinigungs-KV

+3.25%

3.01%

≥ +3.10%agreed

Arbeitskräfteüberlassungs-KV

+2.30%

3.01%

+2.00%agreed

IT-KV

+2.75%

3.52%

≈ +2.90%in talks

Banken-KV

+3.14%

3.52%

≈ +3.20%forecast

Versicherungs-KV

+3.10%

3.52%

≈ +3.30%forecast

Frequently asked questions

Not agreed yet (2027 round under negotiation). Our forecast: minimum salaries about +3.40% (range 3.30% to 3.50%). It starts from inflation over the reference period October 2025 – September 2026 (3.26%) and adds how far above or below inflation the branch settled in its last 3 rounds.

Under the salary table from 1 January 2026, between €2,187.52 (A Guarding, 173.2 hours a month) and €2,868.19 (F Airport security, 173.2 hours a month) gross a month, paid 14 times a year. It is a floor: your employer may pay more (over-payment), never less.

Talks usually start in October; the new salaries apply from 1 January. The round is negotiated against inflation over the reference period, the twelve months before it (last time October 2024 – September 2025: 3.01%).

The minimum raise lifts the salary table, the floor per group and step. The actual raise applies to the salary really paid, even above the minimum. Where it is lower than the minimum raise, the over-payment shrinks; your salary may never fall below the new minimum.

Yes. The minimum salary applies in proportion to your hours: at 20 of 40 weekly hours, half of it. The raise in percent is the same as for full-time.

Yes. Holiday and Christmas pay follow the monthly salary in force when they are paid. So you get a raise 14 times a year, and both special payments stay taxed at the preferential rate up to the annual sixth.

Then your employer has to top you up to the new minimum of your group and step from the effective date. Check your grade with the table on this page. You can claim shortfalls back, but many agreements set short deadlines for that, so talk to your works council, union or the Chamber of Labour early.

From 2018 to 2026 minimum salaries rose by 46.65% in total, inflation over the reference periods by 37.23%. In 9 of 9 years the raise matched or beat inflation. Over the whole period the rounds kept up with inflation.

Table, 2026 · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss für Wachorgane im Bewachungsgewerbe ab 1.1.2026 (Protokoll vom 24.11.2025)
2027 · vida via APA-OTS, 27.10.2026: Start KV-Verhandlungen Bewachung: Wer für Sicherheit sorgt, verdient mehr
2025 · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss für Wachorgane im Bewachungsgewerbe ab 1.1.2025 (Protokoll vom 31.10.2024)
2024 · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss für Wachorgane im Bewachungsgewerbe ab 1.1.2024 (Protokoll vom 29.11.2023)
2023 · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss für Wachorgane im Bewachungsgewerbe ab 1.1.2023 (Protokoll vom 25.11.2022)
2022 · WKO: Kollektivvertragsabschlussprotokoll Bewachungsgewerbe zum 1. Juli 2021 (Wien, am 14. Juni 2021)
2021 · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss für Wachorgane im Bewachungsgewerbe ab 1.1.2021 (Protokoll vom 16.11.2020)
2020 · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss für Wachorgane im Bewachungsgewerbe ab 1.1.2020 (Protokoll vom 27.11.2019)
2019 · WKO: Information zum KV-Abschluss für Wachorgane im Bewachungsgewerbe ab 1.1.2019 (Protokoll vom 20.11.2018)
2018 · WKO: Sonderkollektivvertrag Veranstaltungssicherheitsdienste, gültig ab 1.1.2018